Georgian candle stand in the spotlight at Christmas exhibition in Suffolk

One of the rarest pieces in Suffolk House Antiques’ Christmas selling exhibition is a Georgian candle stand in fruitwood and elm. The back would have protected the flame so that the person using it would have uninterrupted light even in a draughty house. Examples bearing the original backs do not always show up intact.

“The backs of these stands are quite fragile,” dealer Andrew Singleton says. “They were quite like…

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